Curt McGirt Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, HarryArchieGus said: Oh wait, 'Control' (and '24 hour party people' - two for the Manchester lads) were pretty great. Yeah, those (especially the latter) were great. But how many others are there? Does Ray still stand up? Are any of the Billie Holiday pics any good? Edited March 12, 2022 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizium Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I watched The United States vs Billie Holiday that came out...last year? The year before? I liked it, but I know literally nothing about her life other than the music, so I can't really judge it on its merits as a biopic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 If we are expanding the discussion to any music bio pics, there's Walk the Line and What's Love Got to Do With It in the recent past. Not sure how people feel these days about the Bobby Darin movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Nowhere Boy was a fairly decent Lennon biopic with out any of his music, but it also ends before how career really started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxB Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 There's the two Ian Hart as John Lennon movies too. The Hours and the Times and Backbeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Yeah, those (especially the latter) were great. But how many others are there? Does Ray still stand up? Are any of the Billie Holiday pics any good? I always thought Ray was tacky sentimentality and a waste of a strong lead from Foxx. Walk the Line straddled the line of mainstream demands a lot better. The great leads helped them hit the mark. Spacey’s Darin picture wasn’t for me. The Tina Turner film was affecting as a kid, but is not a movie I have any desire to go back to. I did like the hbo Tina doc, but I have a huge soft spot for Ms. Bullock. If ever a blu ray collects the performances of Ike and Tina it would make clear their place either at the top or near it for best live groups of all time. For now we have proof of that with the Big TNT show. James Brown etc have nothing on goddamn Tina Turner! Edited March 12, 2022 by HarryArchieGus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Hmmm, now I'm wondering how the James Brown pic with Chadwick Boseman turned out. I've seen the scene where he's wielding the shotgun in the office but that's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Hmmm, now I'm wondering how the James Brown pic with Chadwick Boseman turned out. I've seen the scene where he's wielding the shotgun in the office but that's it. I liked it. They take an interesting narrative approach to get around some of the musician biopic trappings. It’s kind of a tough sit since it’s primarily about Brown’s relationship with his co-writer/bandleader Bobby Byrd (Nelsan Ellis), and both Boseman and Ellis moved on at such young ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Oooo, I just remembered Cadillac Records. That one was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryArchieGus Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) I should check that out. I was curious about that one. Jim Carroll, tho more oft thought of as a writer was also a musician, so I'd place 'Basketball Diaries' high on any music biopic list. Fair enough to anyone thinking that's a stretch. But biopics in general are kinda stinky and that movie isn't, so... Edited March 12, 2022 by HarryArchieGus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) We're forgetting Sid and Nancy. Forrest Whitaker was good in Bird though I haven't seen all of it. There's also Great Balls of Fire and The Doors, though those both probably fall into the super cliche category. I've not seen much of the former but I've watched The Doors plenty of times, and man that is a really good bad movie. EDIT: Oh god, The Dirt. Total trash. Edited March 12, 2022 by Curt McGirt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 I think busets buddy holly movie was okay, though I haven't seen it in decades. There's also labamba and selena. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 And John Carpenter's Elvis! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 It’s been a long time but I remember Dead Man’s Curve, the Jan and Dean tv movie with Richard Hatch and Bruce Davison, being quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumanChessgame Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 On 3/11/2022 at 2:57 PM, HarryArchieGus said: I'm hard pressed to think of many good music biopics in general (tho, I would list 'biopics' as amongst my least favorite genres)? Oh wait, 'Control' (and '24 hour party people' - two for the Manchester lads) were pretty great. And Todd Haynes' 'I'm Not There' was fun (tho, took a second spin to appreciate). Does 'Purple Rain' count? I don't know how accurate it is, but I enjoyed Straight Outta Compton quite a bit and am not even much of a rap fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) That was incredible in the theater, especially with a whole room of high school kids who had never heard "No Vaseline" before going "OOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH" when they heard it. Anyway: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/nicolas-cage-interview-unbearable-weight-of-massive-talent Quote One film that’s referenced a few times in the film is 1997’s Face/Off, which is such a fan favorite. There’s been recent talk of a sequel, and that there’s a script reportedly in the works with writer Simon Barrett and director Adam Wingard attached. Is that a story you would like to revisit? I have not heard hide nor hair about it. So often these things we read about are just conjecture without any base or foundation to it. I feel the same about National Treasure 3. It’s been 14 years. There’s no there, there. So, is it fun to think about? Sure. Would [Face/Off 2] be an exciting movie to make? Oh, hell yeah. But John Woo was such a huge voice in that movie. It couldn’t be a remake. I think these filmmakers even said as much — that something like that would have to be a sequel. Edited March 13, 2022 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coletti Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I don't even like musicals but found ROCKETMAN to be completely fucking great. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 My favorite movie about a musician is still I'm Not There. It's so out there, and the soundtrack is full of great artists covering Bob Dylan songs. Cate Blanchett as electric era Dylan... good shit, man. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Log Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Casey said: My favorite movie about a musician is still I'm Not There. It's so out there, and the soundtrack is full of great artists covering Bob Dylan songs. Cate Blanchett as electric era Dylan... good shit, man. Same here. For me, Walk Hard killed the traditional biopic. I can't watch one without thinking of that movie. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 Back to the terrible movies Final trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Natural Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 11:50 AM, christopher.annino said: I don't even like musicals but found ROCKETMAN to be completely fucking great. Criminal Taron Egerton wasn't nominated for an Academy Award and did his own singing unlike Rami Malek who mimed and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in Bohemian Rhapsody. Dexter Fletcher deserved a Best Director nod also. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 3/14/2022 at 3:22 PM, RIPPA said: Back to the terrible movies Final trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 To go with: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 8 hours ago, The Natural said: Criminal Taron Egerton wasn't nominated for an Academy Award and did his own singing unlike Rami Malek who mimed and won the Academy Award for Best Actor in Bohemian Rhapsody. Dexter Fletcher deserved a Best Director nod also. Just remembered Rami Malek beat Christian Bale's Dick Cheney in Vice. Bale was robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Noomi Rapace making that Netflix action movie money. Netflix still owes me an Old Guard sequel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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